Half Baked Mountain

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORDDU: So, what does a coven of witches do when they want to escape from a dreary landscape in Morva on a Sunday afternoon? Why, we fly off to a Disney theme park, of course!

ORGOCH: Taday we went flyin' off ta Animal Cracker Kingdom.

ORWEN: Unfortunately, we saw something there that saddened us.

ORDDU: The sad thing we saw was the back side of Expedition Everest--and let us tell you, ducklings--as breathtakingly beautiful as the lofty peaks truly are--it's a shame that they only built half a mountain instead of a whole one. Depending on which angle you view it from, you can see unsightly show buildings that completely destroy the illusion of an otherwise wonderful piece of work. I believe TDLFAN--or someone else--may have already mentioned this too.

ORWEN: When we talked to a Cast Member about this, he said there had actually been a number of other comments about how guests can see the ugly show buildings from the parking lot--and how they don't understand why those weren't camoflaged at least. He said, "That's what you get when you do a rush job on an attraction like this."

ORDDU: Perhaps we're a bit spoiled by the fact that the Matterhorn at Disneyland is a complete Mountain from every angle you see it from.

ORGOCH: In the meantime, any witch with half a broom can plainly see they only got half a mountain, whilst flyin' over the dang place!

ORWEN: I don't understand why they didn't consider how awful only half a mountain looks!

ORGOCH: 'Cause they's CHEAP!! That's why!! Guess a body oughtta be glad they even got HALF a mountain, these days!!

ORDDU: Hopefully--at some point in the near future--the powers that be will do something to at least cover up that nasty looking show building. If only guests didn't have to be exposed to THAT, Expedition would be a lot more awesome than it, otherwise, is...

 

Originally Posted By FoxHound

Hopefully they will address this...(but they may not).

When Splash Mountain first opened, part of its "warehouse" building was visible from Big Thunder Mountain's que line. Last time I was at the park, I did not notice it. Also, on Splash Mountain, after the second lift where your log gets a good view of Big Thunder, Cinderella Castle and Space Mountain, don't turn around, you could see backstage areas (I don't think this has been addressed----but just don't turn around!).

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORWEN: It's just that none of those other examples stand out nearly so much as Expedition Everest.

ORDDU: I really never noticed anything like a show building standing out for either Big Thunder OR Splash Mountain--except when flying over the Magic Kingdom on a broomstick, of course. But, then, you see all kinds of things you wouldn't normally see from ground level.

ORWEN: In the case of Expedition Everest, you just see it all--until you get inside the park, itself, anyway.

ORDDU: And please don't misunderstand us. We're very glad to even HAVE Expedition Everest. It seems to already be a hit with the guests. We had merely hoped for a complete mountain--like Disneyland Matterhorn is.

 

Originally Posted By IanBassi

I remember thinking this when at Blizzard Beach. If you goto the very highest point, you can see the other side of the Mountain, which is just the show room

 

Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom

With a thread called "Half Baked" I thought perhaps Everest had found a new sponcer in the likes of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.

 

Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire

The Witches always come up witht he most interesting eye catching Topics!

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

The excuse of it being a rushed build is just crap. When I was there last March, all that was on the mountain was wire mesh, and some of that still hadn't been attached yet. But in the parking lot, the wall wa completed already. They knew all along that they were going to have a wall there. I think Splash has gotten better, because the trees have grown in. But the trees at DAK have been there for a while already, and it is a HUGE wall. It is definately over 100 ft tall, and getting trees to cover it up would be difficult. They could try to do what they have done to the Indy building at DL, and paint some plants on the wall, and have planters attached with things growing really tall to help cover it up. If they made it blend in better, it might look like there are just trees in the way, rather than just a painted wall.

 

Originally Posted By typhoonCM

FYI on the blizzard beach comment... I wonder if you mean typhoon lagoon. Blizzard beach has slides on all sides of their mountain. Typhoon has no attractions on the back half.

 

Originally Posted By seanyoda

In this past Friday's "Why For", Jim Hill has photos of Expedition Everest taken from DAK's parking lot.

<a href="http://www.jimhillmedia.com/article.php?id=1853" target="_blank">http://www.jimhillmedia.com/ar
ticle.php?id=1853</a>

 

Originally Posted By ssWEDguy

I always thought the Jurassic Park show building up at Universal was particularly oddly designed. A big, blocky, concrete colored building that can be seen from great distances outside the park. What is THAT all about?

 

Originally Posted By IanBassi

When I said you can see the other side of the Mountain from Blizard Beach, I meant the Everest Mountain.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

The Jurassic Park ride is a clone of the one in California. In the Hollywood park, the entire thing is built on a massive hill and has an "upper lot" and "lower lot" which are actually at different elevations. There is a giant set of escalators connecting the two parts. The Jurassic park attraction is built into the hill there, so the building is really only surface level and makes a lot more sense. I know it isn't an excuse for it looking so odd, but I'm pretty sure that is the reason behind it.

 

Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum

Thanks for posting that link seanyoda.

Wow, I was actually expecting it to look worse. It is,at least, encouraging that there seem to be plans to address the situation to a certain extent. Until such time, i'm pretty confident I can manage to avert my eyes.

 

Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom

Its not too much of an eyesore.

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORDDU: Admittedly, it looks worse if you're flying your broomstick over the property. Still, I think the main shock was that it came across as an incomplete mountain--whereas, usually, Disney attractions can be viewed from most angles without having their illusions destroyed.

 

Originally Posted By splashmountaincm

the splash mountain ride building has been disguised. you can see the haunted mansion warehouse from it's queue quite easily though.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

unstick

 

Originally Posted By Disneyohno

IS THAT A GAY MOVIE?
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Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

It's a movie with gay characters.

 

Originally Posted By Disneyohno

oh ok Gay move right?